Legal Texts Relevant to Traditional Knowledge

European Union (EU)

Date of Text	Title
Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
March 20, 2006	Council Regulation (EC) No. 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed
March 31, 2004	Directive 2004/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending, as regards traditional herbal medicinal products, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community Code relating to medicinal products for human use
July 6, 1998	Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 6, 1998, on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions